A Fort Lauderdale-based mover, facing judgments and attorneys fees in Miami-Dade and Orange counties that could cost him over $310,000, has filed for bankruptcy protection.
Shawn Thompson’s Jan. 26 bankruptcy petition in West Palm Beach federal court — the day before a hearing in Miami-Dade on $242,000 in attorney fees — triggered notices to the two county courts that the filing halts most collections against the debtor.
How the bankruptcy filing affects a $110,000 fine imposed on Thompson in August from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for 22 state statute violations isn’t clear. In the final order with that fine, the state also banned Thompson and any company owned by him from operating as a mover again in Florida…